From: Jeremiah A Blatz <darklord+@CMU.EDU>
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 94 18:57:36 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NYT article
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 2-Jun-94 NYT article by Ezekial
Palmer@anon.pene 
> ``Anyone interested in circumventing law-enforcement access would most
> likely choose simpler alternatives,'' Michael A. Smith, the agency's
> director of policy, said in a written statement in response to a 
> reporter's questions. ``More difficult and time-consuming efforts, like
> those discussed in the Blaze paper are very unlikely to be employed.''

Right, until the clipperphone conversion units come out. It's too hard
for the average drug dealer/terrorist to do, just like making a
cellphone that generates a random ID number every time you pick it up.
:-7

The street finds its own use for things

Jer

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